Research events and conferences
As well as hosting our own events and conferences, our research funding, strategy and partnerships teams attend and exhibit at a range of conferences, meetings and workshops throughout the year.
We find this invaluable in meeting researchers and potential partner organisations to discuss opportunities to work with us. If you have any feedback about the events or information you’d like to see here in the future, or would like to arrange a meeting with our staff at these events, please do get in touch.
The Cancer Prevention Research Conference
Date: 25-27 June 2025
Location: London, UK
Our conference aims to share insights across the research continuum, from discovery biology through to population and implementation sciences.
The event will bring together a multidisciplinary cancer prevention research community and spark new collaborations to enable advances in future cancer prevention approaches.
Molecular Analysis for Precision Oncology Congress 2024
Date: 16 – 18 October 2024
Location: ILEC Conference Centre, London
This event reunites basic scientists, people working on new technologies, medical doctors, and healthcare providers for three days of discussions on discoveries in precision medicine, technologies for cancer profiling, mechanisms driving tumour expansion, metastatic dissemination, clonal evolution, and biomarker-driven development of targeted therapeutics.
The MAP Congress is the result of a solid partnership among Cancer Research UK, the European Society for Medical Oncology and Unicancer.
If you have any questions, please email us.
The Early Detection of Cancer Conference 2024
Date: 22 - 24 October 2024
Location: Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA, USA
This year’s conference is jam-packed with engaging discussions, lightning talks from submitted abstracts and opportunities to network with experts from across the globe.
We’ll dive deep into topics ranging from biological insights for early detection to emerging technologies for cancer early detection, insights from early detection trials and AI vs reality for early detection.
If you have any questions, please email us.
Exploring children's & young people's cancers: Therapeutic discovery
Date: 25 November 2024
Time: 3–4:30 PM (GMT)
Location: Online
The webinar will explore therapeutic discovery research for children's and young people's cancers. You'll hear from researchers working to translate their research to develop more effective, targeted treatments for children and young people affected by cancer. We'll also highlight opportunities to engage with the newly launched international consortium, C-Further.
If you have any questions, please email us.
Clinical Research Delivery Conference 2025
Date: 26 February 2025
Location: The Principal York
The event will unite clinical research nurses and research delivery staff in York to explore the challenges and opportunities for cancer clinical research and celebrate all those involved in delivering clinical trials. The once-day agenda will feature interactive sessions, plenary talks and opportunities to network and share best practices.
Topics explored will include AI in clinical research, the potential of data, gender diversity, the changing workforce and patient burden.
If you have any questions, please email us.
Guiding principles for our research events and conferences
Our research events are designed to showcase cutting-edge science, bring together an international scientific community and facilitate collaborations.
We've prioritised embedding equality, diversity and inclusion, health and safety, patient and public involvement and environmental sustainability across all our research activities.
Contact our events team
If you are organising an event of interest to our cancer research community, or you would like to invite CRUK staff to attend or speak at an event, please get in touch.
We also have a number of resources that can help CRUK Centres, Institutes and investigators with the organisation, marketing and delivery of meetings and conferences. Talk to our Events team to find out more about what we can do for you.
Subscribe to research updates
Stay up to date with research events and other opportunities for researchers at CRUK with our monthly Research Update email newsletter.
You can also follow our research events, funding and strategy teams on twitter at @CRUKresearch.